Start Outlook to system tray at logon

Hello to everybody,
What I would like to do is to start Outlook 2016 at logon minimized to the notification area (system tray) ONLY.

I have tried it in 3 different ways:
1. Created a task to run after 1 minute from logon.

<Command>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE"</Command>

<Arguments>/recycle</Arguments>

2. Added a shortcut in the startup folder and have set its properties to run minimized which runs the command:

Code:

cmd /c start /min "" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE" /recycle

3. Added the following entry in registry:

Code:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"OutlookAutoStart"="cmd /c start /min \"\" \"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office16\\OUTLOOK.EXE\" /recycle"

Settings:
• Outlook is only “pinned to Start” and NOT in the taskbar.
• I have enabled the option “Hide When Minimized” in the Outlook menu in the system tray.

All three methods work (my choice is the task, as it’s more flexible), but all three start Outlook minimized both in the taskbar and in the system tray.
To get rid of the taskbar icon, I have to click on the taskbar icon, open Outlook and minimize it.

Can anyone provide a solution to auto open Outlook and only show its icon in the system tray and NOT in the taskbar?

Right Click the Outlook Icon in the system tray and select "Hide when Minimized".

Start Outlook automatically in tray | SuperuserXchanger | QueryXchanger

That may help - but I suspect it repeats what you've tried in the first part- see the script

alphanumeric said:

Right Click the Outlook Icon in the system tray and select "Hide when Minimized".

As I said in my post, in Settings, I have already done this.

dalchina said:

Start Outlook automatically in tray | SuperuserXchanger | QueryXchanger

That may help - but I suspect it repeats what you've tried in the first part- see the script

Thanks a lot for the suggestion. I already knew the VB script method from here, but I was trying to find a method to implement this without a VB script.